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Honey Bun Cake

Well, I just keep giving y’all sweet dishes to work with lately, don’t I? I can’t help myself some weeks. Every now and then you get into a sweet baking mood and you just can’t shake it. And today’s recipe is no exception.

This recipe is called Honey Bun Cake. Doesn’t it just sound good? And you know why I especially love this recipe? Because it uses a boxed cake mix. Boxed cake mixes are the home cook’s little helper. Or if you are new at baking, then this is a great way to jazz up the boxed cake mix to make it something a little more special.

Some days you want to have a good dessert after supper but you have minimal time to prepare one and the boxed cake mix just comes through for you every time. Ain’t no shame in my game!

In a separate bowl, mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon until well-blended; set aside.

Pour half of the cake batter into your prepared baking dish, spreading it out evenly.

Add all of the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture to the top, covering the entire layer of batter.

Pour the rest of the cake batter on top. And spread the batter until even.

Place the cake into the oven and bake for about 40-45 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. While the cake is baking, make the glaze. In a bowl, mix the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and honey (if using) until glaze is smooth. I like mine just a bit thick but still pourable.

When the cake comes out of the oven, immediately pour glaze onto the warm cake.

Spread the glaze out a bit to evenly cover cake.

Let the cake sit for a few minutes so the glaze can set and serve warm or at room temperature.

Enjoy!

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Honey Bun Cake

Prep Time10minutes

Cook Time45minutes

Total Time55minutes

Servings10-12

AuthorThe Country Cook

Ingredients

1box yellow cake mix

4eggs

1cupsour cream

¾cupsvegetable oil

1cuplight brown sugarpacked

2tsp. ground cinnamon

2cupspowdered sugar

4-6tbsp. milk

1tsp. vanilla extract

1tbsp. honeyoptional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

Spray 9 x 13 baking dish with nonstick spray.

In a medium bowl stir together the cake mix, eggs, sour cream, and oil and mix until well-incorporated.

In a separate bowl, mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon until well-blended; set aside.

Pour half of the cake batter into a greased 13×9 pan, spreading it out evenly.

Add all of the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture to the top, covering the entire layer of batter.

Pour the rest of the cake batter on top, and spread the batter out as evenly as possible.

Place the cake into the oven and bake for about 40-45 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

While the cake is baking, make the glaze.

In a bowl, mix the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until glaze is smooth.

When the cake comes out of the oven, immediately pour glaze onto the hot cake.

Spread it out evenly.

Recipe Notes

Let the cake sit for a few minutes so the glaze can set and serve warm or at room temperature.

Oooh, boy, so simple and yet delicious! I'm going to tuck this away for my typical days when I don't have time to make homemade ricotta for my cheesecake 😉 Love these shortcut recipes! Thanks, Brandie!

I get in baking moods too, AND I love recipes that use cake mixes — for those times I need something fast and easy. My Dad loves honey buns — this looks like it would be a winner in his book — saving in my recipe file!BTW – thanks for your sweet comment – I'm following back!

I know I already left a comment on the yummy-ness of this recipe but I'm hosting my first link party today Cast Party Wednesday and would absolutely love it if you came by and shared this recipe with us.http://www.ladybehindthecurtain.com/Thanks,I hope to see you there!

What I would do for some of this cake right now!We are in our final week of Get Grillin' – Dessert is the theme and we would love if you submitted up to any 3 recipes (they don't have to be grilled) to our link up. This one would be perfect! This week we have a Rouxbe Cooking School giveaway. http://su.pr/2YaIiV

I made this recipe yesterday and it is wonderful!! I shared to everyone and they all loved it as well, also made the whole house smell yummy 🙂 Thank you for sharing! My Aunt is making it for a family reunion this weekend!!

I made this for the first time ever this past weekend. It was gone, lickety split. Made it for my friend two days later. She's been singing my praises since. What a fabulous cake! Thank you for sharing the love.

I made this cake before for my kids school carnival for the cake walk. When it was their turn to pick a baked item, I MADE them pick mine and then we went home and ate it. I'm so glad I did!! So yummy!!!

I just took this out of the oven 20 minutes ago. I had to cut it and try it right then. My house smells so good and this cake is out of this world! I am sure when everyone gets home there won't be much left!!! Great recipe!!!

I was so excited to find this recipe! I have had Honey Bun Cake once before and it was awesome! I haven't been able to find a recipe for it since! I made it as soon as I found it. In fact, I made Honey Bun Cupcakes today. I gave you a shout out on my teaching blog today. Let me clarify, I do a post each Monday called "Mouth-Watering Monday" where I post a favorite recipe. Your Honey Bun Cake is my recipe this week! Hop on over to check it out!

WOW! I tried this recipe the other day and it came out so good that i have made 2 more times since! I run a small BBQ takeaway restaurant in central Ohio and i am always looking for new desserts to make. Thanks for giving me lots of great options!

How have I never stumbled upon your site?!?! Immediately I've bookmarked you! And am honestly considering to tell the church I'll be making ALL the desserts for potluck from here on!! Haha!! Is it bad if I just take 3 desserts instead of a meal, salad and dessert?? These are beautiful and mouthwatering just to look at….. Xoxo can't wait to try! God bless! 💜MH

I make all kinds of cake. Mostly from scratch. Okay I made two of these cake and I double the recipe for each one. One for my family and one to share. I never got to share the second one. This cake is sooo good and so easy to make. They started on the second one and secretly I was so happy because I don't do box cakes. This one was great with less work.

I made this last night to go with my corned beef, potatoes, carrots and cabbage dinner. It was the perfect complement to the meal. My mother-in-law asked for the recipe because she wants to make it for her sorority get together next month. Thanks for the recipe!

This looks yummy but I thought it would have honey in it. Honey buns you get at the store have honey listed in the ingredients. I love cinnamon so I may make it anyhow and maybe put some honey in the glaze. I love most all of your recipes. Thanks!

My mother wants me to make that cake, so I'll make it for her someday soon and, also, I wrote down the recipe, so I'm going to use it as a shopping list. Maybe I'll bake it this year on Halloween or Thanksgiving!